Air Transport

Southwest Airlines grew ASMs 3.3% year-over-year (YOY) in the second quarter, with a weak June cementing results that came in below its early June projection of 3.5%—the latest sign that the carrier’s 2018 growth will be on the lower end of its guidance.

Virgin Australia is making rapid progress on its deployment of inflight Wi-Fi on its narrowbody and widebody aircraft fleets.

Air Malta’s board has decided to appoint Clifford Chetcuti as CEO, starting Sept. 1.

Icelandair Group lowered its EBITDA guidance for 2018 by $50 million because of slower-than-expected yield growth and higher fuel costs.

Pilots at Allegiant Air are threatening to strike over what they claim is foot-dragging by the company on installing a new crew schedule-bidding system, while the airline insists that the process is moving along.

Airbus hopes to secure “several hundred" additional orders for the newly renamed A220—formerly the Bombardier C Series—this year, according to Eric Schulz, Airbus' chief commercial officer.

Responding to a court order, the FAA reiterates that its sees no evidence that airline seat dimensions affect safe evacuations.

Supersonic airliner developer Boom Technologies has narrowed the choice of candidate powerplants to derivatives of existing low-bypass-ratio turbofans.

The U.S. Treasury Department has designated for sanctions a Malaysia-based ticketing agent that does business with Iranian airline Mahan Air, which the department accuses of supporting terrorism.

Air traffic and en-route delays both increased last year in Europe, according to an annual review of air traffic management (ATM) performance.

Beijing’s new airport at Daxing, on the southern side of the city, will go into operation on Sept. 30, 2019, officials have decided.

FAA is lagging in resolving security risks that could affect the availability of data communications (DataComm) linking pilots and controllers, the U.S. Transportation Department (DOT) Office of the Inspector General (IG) reported.

Canadian North and First Air have announced plans to merge—the latest step in the carriers’ efforts to combine their services to best meet the needs of communities in the Canadian arctic.

French aircraft accident agency BEA voiced its differences with Egyptian authorities over the May 2016 crash of an EgyptAir Airbus A320 over the Mediterranean.

Gulf Air has canceled its order for 10 Bombardier CS100s.

Ethiopian Airlines took delivery of its first Boeing 737-8, the first of 30 of the type the carrier has on order.

Long-haul growth at two of its three airports saw Manchester Airports Group (MAG) return an increased net profit from continuing operations for its 2017-18 financial year of £122.5 million ($161.9 million), up from £117.4 million in the prior year.

PARIS—The mandate of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has been widened to include drones and urban air mobility under a new regulation due to come into force in the coming weeks.

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (UK CAA) and the General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on civil aviation technical cooperation.

Air Austral and Air Madagascar have materialised a crucial step in their strategic partnership.

The Farnborough Airshow will be buzzing around the digitalization of the aerospace and defense industries. Forget composite materials and Sharklets; think blockchain and artificial intelligence.

As Airbus heads to Farnborough Airshow, it faces potentially devastating fallout of a hard Brexit and the challenges of many changes in top leadership.

Oman Air is continuing its expansion across Europe by extending its codeshare agreement with Lufthansa.

A new era in East African aviation opened today when Air Tanzania took delivery of its very first wide-body aircraft, a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, powered by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 TEN engines.

Airbus is continuing its route-proving program toward A330neo certification, completing a 2-hr. leg from Chicago O’Hare to Atlanta Hartsfield on July 7.